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Appropriations for FY2000: Energy and Water Development
This report summarizes the current legislative status of the bill, its scope, major issues, funding levels, and related legislative activity.
Date:
August 4, 1999
Creator:
Humphries, Marc & Behrens, Carl
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Government Information Technology Policy: Selected Issues
None
Date:
January 5, 1999
Creator:
McLoughlin, Glenn J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Expanded Threat Reduction Initiative for the Former Soviet Union: Administration Proposals for FY2000
None
Date:
May 20, 1999
Creator:
Woolf, Amy F. & Tarnoff, Curt
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations for FY1999: An Overview
This is a funding level summary of each of the 13 annual appropriation acts for FY1999 appears in the summaries of annual appropriations spending section of this report.
Date:
January 4, 1999
Creator:
Anderson, J. Michael
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Statutes: A List of Citations with Captions, Introductory Comments, and Bibliography
None
Date:
August 14, 1999
Creator:
Doyle, Charles
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Criminal Aliens: Expanded Detention, Restricted Relief from Removal
None
Date:
March 9, 1999
Creator:
Eig, Larry M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) and Human Rights: Background and Issues for Congress
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 allows U.S. special operations forces (SOF) to train under the Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) program in foreign countries, and does not prohibit training in nations where human rights violations have been reported. Such training includes instructing host government military units in lethal and nonlethal skills. Controversy has erupted over JCET missions in countries whose militaries are suspected or known to have committed human rights abuses. This report describes relevant legislation, SOF, JCET, alleged human rights abuses, and recent congressional initiatives and discusses further options and issues.
Date:
January 26, 1999
Creator:
Story, William C., Jr.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Older Americans Act: 106th Congress Legislation
This report provides brief legislative background for Older Americans Act programs expired at the end of FY1995. The report discusses issues with re-authorization and 106th Congress proposals.
Date:
October 6, 1999
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Crime and Forfeiture: The Innocent Third Party
Forfeiture has survived through time in American law, and since 1984, the use of forfeiture statutes to divest felons of their spoils has increased substantially. This report reviews the case law which raises the issue concerning many relative to whether some civil forfeiture proceedings constitute punishment which may violate the Eighth Amendment's excessive fines clause.
Date:
June 29, 1999
Creator:
Wallace, Paul S., Jr.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Taxpayer Bill of Rights 3: 1998 Tax Law Part 3: Attorneys' Fees and Damages for IRS Abuses
This report discusses the provisions expanding a court's authority to award attorney's fees and costs in certain cases and permitting a taxpayer to collect damages for negligent collection actions by IRS agents.
Date:
March 9, 1999
Creator:
Morris, Marie B.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Cuba-U.S. Relations: Chronology of Key Events 1959-1999
None
Date:
December 14, 1999
Creator:
Sullivan, Mark P. & York, Suzanne L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Regulation of Working Hours: An Overview Through the 105th Congress
None
Date:
May 24, 1999
Creator:
Whittaker, William G.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Statutes: Introductory Comments to a List with Captions
None
Date:
August 19, 1999
Creator:
Doyle, Charles
System:
The UNT Digital Library
House Committee Reports: Required Contents
This report discusses house rules and statutes that detail several substantive requirements for items to be included in reports accompanying bills reported from committees. It provides a table that lists each rule with the requirement and applications.
Date:
January 19, 1999
Creator:
Schneider, Judy
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Gun Industry Liability: Lawsuits and Legislation
This report discusses gun industry liability issues after the Maryland Court of Appeals announced that it was changing the common law "to hold the manufacturers and marketers of Saturday Night Special handguns strictly liable to innocent persons who suffer gunshot injuries from the criminal use of their products." Kelley v. R.G. Industries, Inc., 497 A.2d 1143, 1159 (Md. 1985).
Date:
March 30, 1999
Creator:
Cohen, Henry
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Credit Union Membership Act Implementation: Legal Issues
This report examines the background and issues of the litigation regarding Regulations implementing the Credit Union Membership Act of 1998 that is being challenged in court as impermissively expansive.
Date:
March 12, 1999
Creator:
Murphy, M. Maureen
System:
The UNT Digital Library
WIC Food Package: History of the Sugar Cap
This report provides a historic review of the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) food package and the controversy over the sugar cap on cereals allowed in the program.
Date:
October 25, 1999
Creator:
Porter, Donna V.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: House and Senate Amendments to Juvenile Justice Legislation
This report discusses legislative issues regarding the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which provides federal funds to the states to assist them in providing an education for children with disabilities.
Date:
August 20, 1999
Creator:
Jones, Nancy L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The International Criminal Court Treaty: Description, Policy Issues, and Congressional Concerns
This report discusses the events leading to the creation of a permanent international criminal tribunal and U.S. perspectives on the Court including: problematic provisions in the ICC Treaty, congressional considerations, and potential implications for U.S. foreign policy.
Date:
January 6, 1999
Creator:
Grigorian, Ellen
System:
The UNT Digital Library
House and Senate Rules of Procedure: A Comparison
This report compares selected House and Senate rules of procedure governing various stages of the legislative process: referral of legislation to committees; scheduling and calling up measures; and floor consideration. The appendices provide sources of additional information about House and Senate rules of procedure.
Date:
April 7, 1999
Creator:
Rundquist, Paul; Schneider, Judy & Tong, Lorraine H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Executive Orders and Proclamations
None
Date:
March 9, 1999
Creator:
Contrubis, John
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Decorum in House Debate
This report describes the basic standards of decorum that govern remarks made in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Date:
October 26, 1999
Creator:
Mulvihill, Mary
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Land Management Agencies’ Permanently Appropriated Accounts
None
Date:
October 13, 1999
Creator:
Gorte, Ross W.; Corn, M. Lynne & Vincent, Carol Hardy
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Economic and Policy Developments in the Apparel and Textiles Sector
None
Date:
August 24, 1999
Creator:
Bivens, Josh
System:
The UNT Digital Library